SUSA News and Press, iShares MSCI USA ESG Select From 02/05/20

I've previously discussed ESG investing and how investing in what you view as subjective morality is actually nothing more than old school stock picking. I get it - we want to do what's right and make money. That's all well and good, but as it pertains to secondary markets and stock picking ...

By Detlef Glow With the announcement that BlackRock will make sustainability its new standard for investing, the debate about ESG integration has reached a new level. Even as there has been a lot of talk about the integration of ESG criteria before, the self-declaration of the largest asse...

MSCI ( MSCI +0.2% ) publishes a framework outlining specific actionable steps  to improve practices for Environmental, Social, and Governance considerations throughout the investment process. More news on: MSCI Inc., iShares KLD 400 Social Index ETF, iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ET...

Mary-Catherine Lader: Climate change will impact more than just the environment. It's also going to have a lasting impact on global economic growth and prosperity, particularly as more and more investors around the world demand more of the companies they invest in and take action like moving...

By Detlef Glow ESG has become very popular with investors and fund promoters in 2019, and one can also expect that it will be a hot topic for the European investment industry in 2020. Therefore, we can expect to witness a lot of talk around initiatives from asset managers to integrate sust...

By Andre Bertolotti, CFA Andre Bertolotti and Jaime Maihuire Irigoyen from BlackRock Sustainable Investing share a first-of-a-kind "materiality matrix" showing which ESG characteristics appear most financially relevant across various global credit industries. Sustainable investing - th...

By Brian Deese, Ashley Schulten, Scott Thiel, Andre Bertolotti The equity market has played an early role in sustainable investing, while bond markets have lagged in data, tools and insights. But that's changing fast, as we detail in a new publication: Sustainability: the bond that endur...

There are fads in investing. They eventually go away. Remember ARM funds? The Americus Trusts? (Neat idea, killed by a legal change). The nifty fifty? Hot industries that produce a lot of IPOs? I also think cryptocurrencies are a fad, and also factor and volatility investing, at least in ter...

By Mark Phelps Transcript: When we’re approaching the ESG issue within the concentrated global portfolio, we really think about these key issues of [whether] we want to be in this business with these people. And the “in this business” is very much the E and ...

By Detlef Glow By following the news about product releases and trends, it is clear that sustainable investing is one of the hot topics in the European fund industry since there are new fund launches literally every day. Also, the assets under management seem to grow constantly on an above...